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People, community and memory
  • Bottesford Celebrates VE & VJ Day
    Bottesford Celebrates VE & VJ Day
    The Grantham Journal (Saturday, 11th May 1945) The church bells rang in Bottesford on Surrender Day (VE Day), immediately after Winston Churchill’s proclamation. Bottesford bell ringers rang an opening peal of 360 changes of Grandsire Double and further ringing included “firing a victory salute”. Every seat was occupied in church for a thanksgiving service on the Tuesday evening ...
  • Village Voice digital archive
    Village Voice digital archive
    Copies of all the past issues of the newsletter are held here, for you to read.
  • Not Forgetting - Aspects of Village Life in Bottesford, Easthorpe, Muston and Normanton
    Not Forgetting - Aspects of Village Life in Bottesford, Easthorpe, Muston and Normanton
    This book is now available online via this web-page
  • Bottesford Local History Society
    Bottesford Local History Society
    We look forward to seeing you at our meetings, monthly, every second Thursday, Sept to May, 7.30, Fuller Room, Old School, Grantham Road, Bottesford  NG13 0DF £2.50 on the night, annual subscription £10.00
  • Muston School in 1940
    Muston School in 1940
    Remembered by Gerald Coy
  • Our WW1 servicemen
    Our WW1 servicemen
    A Roll of Honour of the men from Bottesford and Muston who served with the armed forces during the First World War, those who died doing their duty and those who survived the fighting.
  • Explore our Online Archive
    Explore our Online Archive
    road men at their ease outside the Red Lion, Grantham Road
  • Angels and Dragons: faces at St Mary the Virgin, Bottesford
    Angels and Dragons: faces at St Mary the Virgin, Bottesford
    Learn about the history of this beautiful Grade-1 Listed church: Buy the Book!

This website is a living history of the parish of Bottesford and Muston in Leicestershire. The editors are all members of the Bottesford History Group.

Through the site, people share their memories, photos, maps and information about Bottesford, past and present. Find out how you can contribute your own words and pictures.

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  • Stenwith Lock House, in 2007

    Stenwith Lock House, in 2007

    A time capsule
  • Colin Reeves

    Colin Reeves

    Aircraftman/2 1441963, RAF VR
  • Sidney Damms 1915 - 2010 Survivor of the Burma Railroad

    Sidney Damms 1915 - 2010 Survivor of the Burma Railroad

    Remembering Bottesford Men Imprisoned by the Japanese
  • Reginald Cecil Lane Mould

    Reginald Cecil Lane Mould

    Captain, 5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
  • Herbert Stanley Copeland

    Herbert Stanley Copeland

    Sapper WR/265814, Royal Engineers
  • VJ Day 75th Anniversary - Ringing for Peace

    VJ Day 75th Anniversary - Ringing for Peace

    11.10 am Saturday 15th August 2020, St Mary's Church Bottesford
  • Frank Lane, Emigration Agent

    Frank Lane, Emigration Agent

  • Finding a “new” Harry Harby picture

    Finding a “new” Harry Harby picture

    Showing how some detective teamwork identified the place and connection of a curious photograph and opened up a soldier’s service story
  • Coronavirus - Life During Lockdown

    Coronavirus - Life During Lockdown

    Follow the Download link to read the current Village Voice
What's new
  • Jean and Peggy, Gladys and Edna

    Jean and Peggy, Gladys and Edna

    Women's Land Army Workers in Bottesford WW2
  • Lest We Forget: Bottesford & Muston in the Great War

    Lest We Forget: Bottesford & Muston in the Great War

    Now available
  • Stenwith Lock House, in 2007

    Stenwith Lock House, in 2007

    A time capsule
  • Sidney Damms 1915 - 2010 Survivor of the Burma Railroad

    Sidney Damms 1915 - 2010 Survivor of the Burma Railroad

    Remembering Bottesford Men Imprisoned by the Japanese
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